Tikiwiki Information Disclosure and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	20858
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2006-5702 CVE-2006-5703
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 01 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 26 2006 06:05AM
Credit:	Securfrog is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable:	TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.5 Gentoo www-apps/tikiwiki 1.9.5
Not Vulnerable:	Gentoo www-apps/tikiwiki 1.9.6

Tikiwiki Information Disclosure and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Tikiwiki is prone to information-disclosure and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker could leverage these issues to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or to access sensitive data. Credentials or information gained could aid in further attacks.

Version 1.9.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Tikiwiki Information Disclosure and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

An attacker can exploit these issues via a web client.

The following proofs of concept are available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/20858_xss.html
• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/20858_info_dis.swf

Tikiwiki Information Disclosure and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Please see the referenced advisories for further information.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for these issues. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

Tikiwiki Information Disclosure and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

• TikiWiki Homepage (TikiWiki Project)
  
• Re: tikiwiki 1.9.5 mysql password disclosure & xss ([email protected])
  
• tikiwiki 1.9.5 mysql password disclosure & xss (securfrog)